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Re: Auto-incrementing or auto-decrementing values at compile-time

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On 4/18/2019 4:37 PM, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
> "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> I have a need fairly often to return distinct values for a return value.
>> I don't particularly care what the values are, but they just need to be
>> distinct and unique so that if they are returned later I can identify
>> the exact cause of the error, where it failed.
> <cut>
>> Something like coding it this way initially:
>>
>>      int my_function(void)
>>      {
>>          if (!test_condition1)
>>              return #autodec;  // Indicate it failed at this test
>>
>>          if (!test_condition2)
>>              return #autodec;  // Indicate it failed at this test
>>
>>          if (!test_condition3)
>>              return #autodec;  // Indicate it failed at this test
>>
>>          // If we get here, we're good
>>      }
> 
> This ties the correctness of every calling function into the order in
> which these tests are written.

You missed the part where the idea I'm looking for bakes the values
first encountered with the naked #autodec into solid values which
are later identified as #autodec[-1] ... #autodec[-Nn], which allows
later #autodec portions to be added and they'll automatically insert
the next value in that location.

> I think it should be added to your language ASAP.

You're such a hateful person to me, Ben.  You said previously in a
private email that you were going to try to refrain from responding
to my posts.  Please try harder.  Your failures are unbecoming.

-- 
Rick C. Hodgin

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Auto-incrementing or auto-decrementing values at compile-time "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2019-04-18 15:51 -0400
  Re: Auto-incrementing or auto-decrementing values at compile-time scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2019-04-18 20:07 +0000
    Re: Auto-incrementing or auto-decrementing values at compile-time "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2019-04-18 16:42 -0400
    Re: Auto-incrementing or auto-decrementing values at compile-time jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2019-04-18 23:37 +0200
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  Re: Auto-incrementing or auto-decrementing values at compile-time Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2019-04-19 08:18 +1200
  Re: Auto-incrementing or auto-decrementing values at compile-time Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-04-18 21:25 +0100
  Re: Auto-incrementing or auto-decrementing values at compile-time Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2019-04-18 21:37 +0100
    Re: Auto-incrementing or auto-decrementing values at compile-time "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2019-04-18 16:45 -0400
      Re: Auto-incrementing or auto-decrementing values at compile-time Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2019-04-18 21:59 +0100
  Re: Auto-incrementing or auto-decrementing values at compile-time Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2019-04-19 09:13 -0400
    Re: Auto-incrementing or auto-decrementing values at compile-time "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2019-04-19 09:25 -0400
      Re: Auto-incrementing or auto-decrementing values at compile-time Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2019-04-19 12:37 -0400
        Re: Auto-incrementing or auto-decrementing values at compile-time "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2019-04-19 12:52 -0400
  Re: Auto-incrementing or auto-decrementing values at compile-time Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2019-04-19 17:16 -0600

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